WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 21 December 1911, Page 2611

WEDDING BELLS

MULQUEEN. (From an occasional correspondent.) A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated at St. , Columba's Church, Balfour, on November 28, when T Miss Catherine Josephine Mulqueen, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mulqueen, of ' Green Lawn,' Balfour, was united in the bonds of Matrimony to Mr. Michael John Hickey, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Hickey, of Waikaia. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Keenan, of Kiversdale, and the church was nicely decorated by the lady friends of the bride, who was given away by her father. The bride wore a costume of cream silk trimmed with silk lace and insertion, and the usual wreath and veil. She also wore a beautifully jewelled gold necklet, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaid, Miss Mary Mulqueen (sister of the bride), was dressed in cream silk with a large picture hat, trimmed with heliotrope feathers and silk, and she wore a gold brooch, the gift of the bride-

groom. Mr. Thomas Hickey, jun., was best man. The bride's gift to the bridegroom was a gold albert. After the ceremony the wedding party adjourned to ‘Green Lawn,’ the residence of the bride’s father, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. The Rev. Father Keenan presided, and proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom. The other customary Toasts on such occasions were also duly honored. The popularity of Mr. and Mrs. Hickey was evidenced by the large number of handsome and useful presents they received, which included a number of cheques. In the afternoon the young couple left for Dunedin, where the honeymoon was spent.